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1997 Select was a 200-card, two-series set:
 
*'''Lo-Series''': The 150-card "Lo-Series" set, released in April 1997, contained the first 150 cards in the set and 100 cards featured red foil accents while 50 cards featured blue foil accents. The 50 "Blue" base cards from the Lo-Series were short-printed and seeded at the rate of one-per-pack.
=Description=
*'''Hi-Series''': The "Hi-Series" was issued in December 1997.  Similar to the high-number cards released in the early days of Upper Deck, the 1997 Select Hi-Series re-issued all 150 "Lo-Series" cards and added an additional 50 cards - all exclusive to Hi-Series packs.  Each five-card Hi-Series pack contained:
**Two Lo-Series Red cards
**One Lo-Series Blue card
**One Hi-Series card
**One "Select Company" parallel


1997 Select is a 200-card set released in two series of 150 and 50 cards.  The 150-card "Lo-Series," released in April 1997, set contains 100 "Red" cards and 50 "Blue" cards -- which are short-printed and seeded at the rate of one-per-pack.  
1997 Select also contained two subsets, Rookies (101-140) and Stars (141-148), in addition to two Checklist cards (149-150).


A "Hi-Number" Series was issued in December 1997.  Similar to the hi-number cards released in the early days of Upper Deck, 1997 Select Hi-Number re-issued all 150 "Low-Series" cards, and added an addition 50 cards.  Each five-card Hi-Series pack contained two Lo-Series Red cards, one Lo-Series Blue card, one Hi-Number card, and a "Select Company" parallel.
The lone notable rookie card is of Mark Kotsay who is in the Hi-Series set.


=Distribution=
=Distribution=


Lo/Hi Series: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99).
Lo Series: 24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99).  Hobby only.


=Reviews=
Hi Series: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99).  Hobby only.


=Insertion Ratios=
=Insertion Ratios=
==Lo-Series==


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!Total Cards
!Total Cards
!Numbered To
!Numbered To
!Lo-Series Odds
!Odds
!Hi-Series Odds
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|-
|-
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||200||-||?||?
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||150||-||6:1
|-
|-
|Lo-Series Red||100||-||4:1||2:1
|Red||100||-||five-per-pack
|-
|-
|Lo-Series Blue||50||-||1:1||1:1
|Blue||50||-||one-per-pack
|-
|-
|Hi-Series||50||-||N/A||1:1
|Registered Gold Red||100||-||1:11
|-
|-
|Select Company||200||-||N/A||1:1
|Registered Gold Blue||50||-||1:47
|-
|-
|Registered Gold Red||100||-||?||?
|Artist's Proofs Red||100||-||1:71
|-
|-
|Registered Gold Blue||50||-||?||?
|Artist's Proofs Blue||50||-||1:355
|-
|-
|Artist's Proofs Red||100||-||?||?
|Tools of the Trade||25||-||1:9
|-
|-
|Artist's Proofs Blue||50||-||?||?
|Tools of the Trade Mirror Blue||25||-||1:240
|-
|-
|Tools of the Trade||25||-||1:9||1:9
|Rookie Revolution||20||2000||1:56
|-
|Rookie Autographs||3||varies||?
|}
 
==Hi-Series==
 
{| class="ratio"
!Cards
!Total Cards
!Numbered To
!Odds
|-
|-
|Tools of the Trade Mirror Blue||25||-||1:240||1:240
|[[#Base_Set|Base]]||200||-||four-per-pack
|-
|-
|Rookie Revolution||20||2000||1:56||1:56
|Lo-Series Red||100||-||two-per-pack
|-
|-
|Rookie Autographs||3||varies||?||N/A
|Lo-Series Blue||50||-||one-per-pack
|-
|Hi-Series||50||-||one-per-pack
|-
|Select Company||200||-||one-per-pack
|-
|Registered Gold Red||100||-||1:11
|-
|Registered Gold Blue||50||-||1:47
|-
|Artist's Proofs Red||100||-||1:71
|-
|Artist's Proofs Blue||50||-||1:355
|-
|Tools of the Trade||25||-||1:9
|-
|Tools of the Trade Mirror Blue||25||-||1:240
|-
|Rookie Revolution||20||2000||1:56
|}
|}


=Checklist=
=Checklist=


==Base Set==
==Promos==
 
===Lo Series===


1  Juan Gonzalez B  
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2   Mo Vaughn B  
These cards were issued to Hobby dealers and media to preview the 1997 Select set. These cards have "SAMPLE" written on the front to differentiate them from the regular cards. It is unclear exactly how many sample cards were made and the list below shows the Samples known to exist.


3   Tony Gwynn R  
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4   Manny Ramirez B  
==Base Set==


5   Jose Canseco R  
===Lo Series===
 
6   David Cone R  
 
7   Chan Ho Park R  
 
8   Frank Thomas B  
 
9   Todd Hollandsworth R  
 
10   Marty Cordova R  
 
11   Gary Sheffield B  
 
12   John Smoltz B  
 
13   Mark Grudzielanek R  
 
14   Sammy Sosa B  
 
15   Paul Molitor R  
 
16   Kevin Brown R  
 
17   Albert Belle B  
 
18   Eric Young R  
 
19   John Wetteland R  
 
20   Ryan Klesko B  
 
21   Joe Carter R  
 
22   Alex Ochoa R  
 
23   Greg Maddux B  
 
24   Roger Clemens B  
 
25   Ivan Rodriguez B  
 
26   Barry Bonds B  
 
27   Kenny Lofton B  
 
28   Javy Lopez R  
 
29   Hideo Nomo B  
 
30   Rusty Greer R  
 
31   Rafael Palmeiro R  
 
32   Mike Piazza B  
 
33   Ryne Sandberg R  
 
34   Wade Boggs R  
 
35   Jim Thome B  
 
36   Ken Caminiti B  
 
37   Mark Grace R  
 
38   Brian Jordan B  
 
39   Craig Biggio R  
 
40   Henry Rodriguez R  
 
41   Dean Palmer R  
 
42   Jason Kendall R  
 
43   Bill Pulsipher R  
 
44   Tim Salmon B  
 
45   Marc Newfield R  
 
46   Pat Hentgen R  
 
47   Ken Griffey Jr. B  
 
  48   Paul Wilson R  
 
  49   Jay Buhner B  
 
  50   Rickey Henderson R  
 
  51   Jeff Bagwell B  
 
  52   Cecil Fielder R  
 
  53   Alex Rodriguez B  
 
  54   John Jaha R  
 
  55   Brady Anderson B  
 
  56   Andres Galarraga R  
 
  57   Raul Mondesi R  
 
  58   Andy Pettitte R  
 
  59   Roberto Alomar B  
 
  60   Derek Jeter B  
 
  61   Charles Johnson R  
 
  62   Travis Fryman R  
 
  63   Chipper Jones B  
 
  64   Edgar Martinez R  
 
  65   Bobby Bonilla R  
 
  66   Greg Vaughn R  
 
  67   Bobby Higginson R  
 
  68   Garret Anderson R  
 
  69   Chuck Knoblauch B  
 
  70   Jermaine Dye R  
 
  71   Cal Ripken Jr. B  
 
  72   Jason Giambi R  
 
  73   Trey Beamon R  
 
  74   Shawn Green R  
 
  75   Mark McGwire B  
 
  76   Carlos Delgado R  
 
  77   Jason Isringhausen R  
 
  78   Randy Johnson B  
 
  79   Troy Percival B  
 
  80   Ron Gant R  
 
  81   Ellis Burks R  
 
  82   Mike Mussina B  
 
  83   Todd Hundley R  
 
  84   Jim Edmonds R  
 
  85   Charles Nagy R  
 
  86   Dante Bichette B  
 
  87   Mariano Rivera R  
 
  88   Matt Williams B  
 
  89   Rondell White R  
 
  90   Steve Finley R  
 
  91   Alex Fernandez R  
 
  92   Barry Larkin R  
 
  93   Tom Goodwin R  
 
  94   Will Clark R  
 
  95   Michael Tucker R  
 
  96   Derek Bell R  
 
  97   Larry Walker R  
 
  98   Alan Benes R  
 
  99   Tom Glavine R  
 
  100   Darin Erstad B  
 
  101   Andruw Jones B  
 
  102   Scott Rolen R  
 
  103   Todd Walker B  
 
  104   Dmitri Young R  
 
  105   Vladimir Guerrero B  
 
  106   Nomar Garciaparra R  
 
  107   Danny Patterson R  
 
  108   Karim Garcia R  
 
  109   Todd Greene R  
 
  110   Ruben Rivera R  
 
  111   Raul Casanova R  
 
  112   Mike Cameron R  
 
  113   Bartolo Colon R  
 
  114   Rod Myers R  
 
  115   Todd Dunn R  
 
  116   Torii Hunter R  
 
  117   Jason Dickson R  
 
  118   Gene Kingsale R  
 
  119   Rafael Medina R  
 
  120   Raul Ibanez R  
 
  121   Bob Henley R, RC  
 
  122   Scott Spiezio R  
 
  123   Bobby Smith R  
 
  124   J.J. Johnson R  
 
  125   Bubba Trammell R, RC  
 
  126   Jeff Abbott R  
 
  127   Neifi Perez R  


  128   Derrek Lee R  
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Base/3/Tony-Gwynn.jpg?id=0df569fc-10e3-4715-b0ed-3346eed6f27b&size=original&side=back&.jpg


  129   Kevin Brown R  
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Base/8/Frank-Thomas.jpg?id=f733c5a6-5314-4111-be2c-b375cf751934&size=original&side=back&.jpg


  130   Mendy Lopez R  
Red cards are designated with an "R" while the short-printed Blue cards are designated with a "B".


  131   Kevin Orie R  
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====Rookies====


  132   Ryan Jones R  
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Base/105/Vladimir-Guerrero.jpg?id=c0eb520d-6941-4426-bdc0-db8c338e9934&size=original&side=back&.jpg


  133   Juan Encarnacion R  
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Base/106/Nomar-Garciaparra.jpg?id=e6a45908-edaf-4744-9b25-6848f5002a3e&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Base/106/Nomar-Garciaparra.jpg?id=e6a45908-edaf-4744-9b25-6848f5002a3e&size=original&side=back&.jpg


  134   Jose Guillen B  


  135   Greg Norton R  
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  136   Richie Sexson R  
====Stars====


  137   Jay Payton R  
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Base/146/John-Smoltz.jpg?id=aba34f9c-b266-4959-aaa5-a01eacf09907&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Base/146/John-Smoltz.jpg?id=aba34f9c-b266-4959-aaa5-a01eacf09907&size=original&side=back&.jpg


  138   Bobby Abreu R  
All eight Stars subset cards are Blue.


  139   Ronnie Belliard R, RC  
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====Checklists====


  140   Wilton Guerrero B  
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Base/150/Ken-Griffey-Jr.jpg?id=40a0e6c0-4406-4573-9b1a-6bc943377c6a&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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  141   Alex Rodriguez SS, B  
Both Checklists cards are Red.
 
  142   Juan Gonzalez SS, B  
 
  143   Ken Caminiti SS, B  
 
  144   Frank Thomas SS, B  
 
  145   Ken Griffey Jr. SS, B  
 
  146   John Smoltz SS, B  
 
  147   Mike Piazza SS, B  
 
  148   Derek Jeter SS, B  
 
  149   Frank Thomas CL, R  
 
  150   Ken Griffey Jr. CL, R  


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===Hi-Numbers===
===Hi-Numbers===


NOTE: All Hi-Series base cards accidentally had the words "Select Company" printed on them. Hi-Number base cards were printed on etched foil, whereas the Select Company parallels were printed on a coarse "frosted" foil.
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Base/151/Jose-Cruz.jpg?id=1ba23c2d-cc3f-44e5-ba4e-85da807d9ad7&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Base/151/Jose-Cruz.jpg?id=1ba23c2d-cc3f-44e5-ba4e-85da807d9ad7&size=original&side=back&.jpg


  151   Jose Cruz Jr. RC  
'''NOTE:''' All Hi-Series base cards accidentally and erroneously had the words "Select Company" printed on them and were finished with an etched foil design.  
Fortunately, there is differentiation between Hi-Series base cards and Select Company parallel cards:


  152   Moises Alou  
*All Hi-Series base cards feature an "etched" foil finish (e.g., see [[1998_Score#New_Season|1998 Score New Season inserts]]).


  153   Hideki Irabu RC  
*Select Company parallels feature a "frosted" foil finish (e.g., see [[1997_Score#Reserve_Collection|1997 Score Reserve Collection parallels]]).


  154   Glendon Rusch  
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  155   Ron Coomer  
==Parallels==


  156   Jeremi Gonzalez RC  
===Select Company===


  157   Fernando Tatis RC  
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Base---Select-Company/1/Juan-Gonzalez.jpg?id=03945002-afd1-4f98-a7b9-ca214f2a47a9&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Base---Select-Company/1/Juan-Gonzalez.jpg?id=03945002-afd1-4f98-a7b9-ca214f2a47a9&size=original&side=back&.jpg


  158   John Olerud  
This 200-card set fully paralleled the Select base set (i.e., all Lo- and Hi-Series cards), with one card in each Hi-Series pack.  Select Company cards feature a silver, "frosted" foil finish across the entire card front and retained the Red or Blue foil accents, depending on the card.  Due to Select's error of printing all Hi-Series base cards with a "Select Company" stamp and different foil finish, confusing a base Hi-Series card (cards 151-200) with a Select company parallel is common.  Fortunately, there is differentiation between Hi-Series base cards and Select Company parallel cards:


  159   Rickey Henderson  
*All Hi-Series base cards feature an "etched" foil finish (e.g., see [[1998_Score#New_Season|1998 Score New Season inserts]]).


  160   Shannon Stewart  
*Select Company parallels feature a "frosted" foil finish (e.g., see [[1997_Score#Reserve_Collection|1997 Score Reserve Collection parallels]]).


  161   Kevin Polcovich RC  
===Registered Gold===


  162   Jose Rosado  
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Base---Registered-Gold/5/Jose-Canseco.jpg?id=def54f12-0cf9-4d42-a141-b08672a8ece1&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Base---Registered-Gold/5/Jose-Canseco.jpg?id=def54f12-0cf9-4d42-a141-b08672a8ece1&size=original&side=back&.jpg


  163   Ray Lankford  
This 150-card set paralleled the entire Lo-Series set only and featured a "Registered Gold" foil stamp on the card front and a gold foil finish that replaced the silver foil finish of the base cards.  All Registered Gold cards were available in both Lo- and Hi-Series packs, but Registered Gold cards for the 50 Hi-Series cards (i.e., cards exclusive to Series 2 packs) do not exist.


  164   David Justice  
===Artist's Proofs===


  165   Mark Kotsay RC  
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https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Base---Artists-Proof/120/Raul-Ibanez.jpg?id=0728f0e0-1bd6-4634-a9d6-50eb28e9705d&size=original&side=back&.jpg


  166   Deivi Cruz RC  
This 150-card set also paralleled the entire Lo-Series set only and featured an "Artist's Proof" foil stamp on the card front and a bronze foil finish that replaced the silver foil finish of the base cards.  Like the Registered Gold parallels, all Artist's Proofs were available in both Lo and Hi-Series packs, but cards for the 50 Hi-Series cards do not exist.


  167   Billy Wagner  
==Inserts==


  168   Jacob Cruz  
===Tools of the Trade===


  169   Matt Morris  
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Tools-of-the-Trade/24/Alex-Rodriguez-Rey-Ordonez.jpg?id=b8b7afba-5527-448b-a158-1a88428601ce&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Tools-of-the-Trade/24/Alex-Rodriguez-Rey-Ordonez.jpg?id=b8b7afba-5527-448b-a158-1a88428601ce&size=original&side=back&.jpg


  170   Brian Banks  
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Tools-of-the-Trade---Mirror-Blue/24/Alex-Rodriguez-Rey-Ordonez.jpg?id=a3a4be43-3875-48e4-ab13-4155ebce80b9&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Tools-of-the-Trade---Mirror-Blue/24/Alex-Rodriguez-Rey-Ordonez.jpg?id=a3a4be43-3875-48e4-ab13-4155ebce80b9&size=original&side=back&.jpg


  171   Brett Tomko  
This 25-card set, available in both Lo and Hi-Series packs, matched 25 young players with 25 veteran stars on a double-fronted card - the side featuring veteran star featured a full red and silver-gradient foil finish with blue foil stamping while the side featuring the young player featured a non-foiled finish with the same design.


  172   Todd Helton  
A "Mirror Blue" parallel was also available and featured a full blue and silver-gradient foil card stock with blue foil stamping on both sides of the card.


  173   Eric Young  
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===Rookie Revolution===


  174   Bernie Williams  
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Rookie-Revolution/1/Andruw-Jones.jpg?id=141339f3-1a75-4ae9-b7cd-7242a3cb102a&size=original&side=front&.jpg
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  175   Jeff Fassero  
This 20-card set, available in both Lo and Hi-Series packs, featured the top rookies on silver etched-foil cards.  Each card was serial-numbered on the back; however, Pinnacle Brands never publicly announced the print run.  Some collectors believe that cards serial-numbered 0001-1500 were inserted into Lo-Series packs, while 1501-2000 were seeded into the Hi-Series.


  176   Ryan McGuire  
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  177   Darryl Kile  
==Autographs & Game-Used==
 
  178   Kelvim Escobar RC  
 
  179   Dave Nilsson  
 
  180   Geronimo Berroa  
 
  181   Livan Hernandez  
 
  182   Tony Womack RC  
 
  183   Deion Sanders  
 
  184   Jeff Kent  
 
  185   Brian L. Hunter  
 
  186   Jose Malave  
 
  187   Steve Woodard RC  
 
  188   Brad Radke  


  189   Todd Dunwoody  
===Rookie Autographs===


  190   Joey Hamilton  
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Base---Rookie-Autographs-Autographed/103/Todd-Walker.jpg?id=37eb82d8-bcdf-42cb-89a8-83141935a8b7&size=original&side=front&.jpg
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1997/Select---Base---Rookie-Autographs-Autographed/103/Todd-Walker.jpg?id=37eb82d8-bcdf-42cb-89a8-83141935a8b7&size=original&side=back&.jpg


  191   Denny Neagle  
These four autographed cards were randomly inserted into Lo-Series packs.  Each player signed 3000 copies, except Andruw Jones who signed 2500.  None of the autographed cards are serial- or hand-numbered.  All autographs were on standard base cards, but with with words "AUTHENTIC SIGNATURE" printed on the reverse side.


  192   Bobby Jones  
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  193   Tony Clark  
  194   Jaret Wright RC  
  195   Matt Stairs  
  196   Francisco Cordova  
  197   Justin Thompson  
  198   Pokey Reese  
  199   Garrett Stephenson  
  200   Carl Everett
==Parallels==
==Inserts==
==Autographs & Game-Used==


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Latest revision as of 20:07, 22 December 2021

Description

1997 Select was a 200-card, two-series set:

  • Lo-Series: The 150-card "Lo-Series" set, released in April 1997, contained the first 150 cards in the set and 100 cards featured red foil accents while 50 cards featured blue foil accents. The 50 "Blue" base cards from the Lo-Series were short-printed and seeded at the rate of one-per-pack.
  • Hi-Series: The "Hi-Series" was issued in December 1997. Similar to the high-number cards released in the early days of Upper Deck, the 1997 Select Hi-Series re-issued all 150 "Lo-Series" cards and added an additional 50 cards - all exclusive to Hi-Series packs. Each five-card Hi-Series pack contained:
    • Two Lo-Series Red cards
    • One Lo-Series Blue card
    • One Hi-Series card
    • One "Select Company" parallel

1997 Select also contained two subsets, Rookies (101-140) and Stars (141-148), in addition to two Checklist cards (149-150).

The lone notable rookie card is of Mark Kotsay who is in the Hi-Series set.

Distribution

Lo Series: 24 packs per box, six cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99). Hobby only.

Hi Series: 24 packs per box, five cards per pack (MSRP: $2.99). Hobby only.

Insertion Ratios

Lo-Series

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 150 - 6:1
Red 100 - five-per-pack
Blue 50 - one-per-pack
Registered Gold Red 100 - 1:11
Registered Gold Blue 50 - 1:47
Artist's Proofs Red 100 - 1:71
Artist's Proofs Blue 50 - 1:355
Tools of the Trade 25 - 1:9
Tools of the Trade Mirror Blue 25 - 1:240
Rookie Revolution 20 2000 1:56
Rookie Autographs 3 varies ?

Hi-Series

Cards Total Cards Numbered To Odds
Base 200 - four-per-pack
Lo-Series Red 100 - two-per-pack
Lo-Series Blue 50 - one-per-pack
Hi-Series 50 - one-per-pack
Select Company 200 - one-per-pack
Registered Gold Red 100 - 1:11
Registered Gold Blue 50 - 1:47
Artist's Proofs Red 100 - 1:71
Artist's Proofs Blue 50 - 1:355
Tools of the Trade 25 - 1:9
Tools of the Trade Mirror Blue 25 - 1:240
Rookie Revolution 20 2000 1:56

Checklist

Promos

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These cards were issued to Hobby dealers and media to preview the 1997 Select set. These cards have "SAMPLE" written on the front to differentiate them from the regular cards. It is unclear exactly how many sample cards were made and the list below shows the Samples known to exist.

  • 1 Juan Gonzalez
  • 3 Tony Gwynn
  • 8 Frank Thomas
  • 15 Paul Molitor
  • 23 Greg Maddux
  • 47 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 50 Rickey Henderson
  • 53 Alex Rodriguez
  • 71 Cal Ripken, Jr.
  • 107 Danny Patterson
  • 124 J.J. Johnson
  • 54 John Jaha (Select Company)
  • 121 Bobby Henley (Select Company)

Base Set

Lo Series

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Red cards are designated with an "R" while the short-printed Blue cards are designated with a "B".

  • 1 Juan Gonzalez B
  • 2 Mo Vaughn B
  • 3 Tony Gwynn R
  • 4 Manny Ramirez B
  • 5 Jose Canseco R
  • 6 David Cone R
  • 7 Chan Ho Park R
  • 8 Frank Thomas B
  • 9 Todd Hollandsworth R
  • 10 Marty Cordova R
  • 11 Gary Sheffield B
  • 12 John Smoltz B
  • 13 Mark Grudzielanek R
  • 14 Sammy Sosa B
  • 15 Paul Molitor R
  • 16 Kevin Brown R
  • 17 Albert Belle B
  • 18 Eric Young R
  • 19 John Wetteland R
  • 20 Ryan Klesko B
  • 21 Joe Carter R
  • 22 Alex Ochoa R
  • 23 Greg Maddux B
  • 24 Roger Clemens B
  • 25 Ivan Rodriguez B
  • 26 Barry Bonds B
  • 27 Kenny Lofton B
  • 28 Javy Lopez R
  • 29 Hideo Nomo B
  • 30 Rusty Greer R
  • 31 Rafael Palmeiro R
  • 32 Mike Piazza B
  • 33 Ryne Sandberg R
  • 34 Wade Boggs R
  • 35 Jim Thome B
  • 36 Ken Caminiti B
  • 37 Mark Grace R
  • 38 Brian Jordan B
  • 39 Craig Biggio R
  • 40 Henry Rodriguez R
  • 41 Dean Palmer R
  • 42 Jason Kendall R
  • 43 Bill Pulsipher R
  • 44 Tim Salmon B
  • 45 Marc Newfield R
  • 46 Pat Hentgen R
  • 47 Ken Griffey, Jr. B
  • 48 Paul Wilson R
  • 49 Jay Buhner B
  • 50 Rickey Henderson R
  • 51 Jeff Bagwell B
  • 52 Cecil Fielder R
  • 53 Alex Rodriguez B
  • 54 John Jaha R
  • 55 Brady Anderson B
  • 56 Andres Galarraga R
  • 57 Raul Mondesi R
  • 58 Andy Pettitte R
  • 59 Roberto Alomar B
  • 60 Derek Jeter B
  • 61 Charles Johnson R
  • 62 Travis Fryman R
  • 63 Chipper Jones B
  • 64 Edgar Martinez R
  • 65 Bobby Bonilla R
  • 66 Greg Vaughn R
  • 67 Bob Higginson R
  • 68 Garret Anderson R
  • 69 Chuck Knoblauch B
  • 70 Jermaine Dye R
  • 71 Cal Ripken, Jr. B
  • 72 Jason Giambi R
  • 73 Trey Beamon R
  • 74 Shawn Green R
  • 75 Mark McGwire B
  • 76 Carlos Delgado R
  • 77 Jason Isringhausen R
  • 78 Randy Johnson B
  • 79 Troy Percival B
  • 80 Ron Gant R
  • 81 Ellis Burks R
  • 82 Mike Mussina B
  • 83 Todd Hundley R
  • 84 Jim Edmonds R
  • 85 Charles Nagy R
  • 86 Dante Bichette B
  • 87 Mariano Rivera R
  • 88 Matt Williams B
  • 89 Rondell White R
  • 90 Steve Finley R
  • 91 Alex Fernandez R
  • 92 Barry Larkin R
  • 93 Tom Goodwin R
  • 94 Will Clark R
  • 95 Michael Tucker R
  • 96 Derek Bell R
  • 97 Larry Walker R
  • 98 Alan Benes R
  • 99 Tom Glavine R
  • 100 Darin Erstad B

Rookies

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  • 101 Andruw Jones B
  • 102 Scott Rolen R
  • 103 Todd Walker B
  • 104 Dmitri Young R
  • 105 Vladimir Guerrero B
  • 106 Nomar Garciaparra R
  • 107 Danny Patterson R
  • 108 Karim Garcia R
  • 109 Todd Greene R
  • 110 Ruben Rivera R
  • 111 Raul Casanova R
  • 112 Mike Cameron R
  • 113 Bartolo Colon R
  • 114 Rod Myers R
  • 115 Todd Dunn R
  • 116 Torii Hunter R
  • 117 Jason Dickson R
  • 118 Eugene Kingsale R
  • 119 Rafael Medina R
  • 120 Raul Ibanez R
  • 121 Bobby Henley R RC
  • 122 Scott Spiezio R
  • 123 Bobby Smith R
  • 124 J.J. Johnson R
  • 125 Bubba Trammell R RC
  • 126 Jeff Abbott R
  • 127 Neifi Perez R
  • 128 Derrek Lee R
  • 129 Kevin Brown R
  • 130 Mendy Lopez R
  • 131 Kevin Orie R
  • 132 Ryan Jones R
  • 133 Juan Encarnacion R
  • 134 Jose Guillen B
  • 135 Greg Norton R
  • 136 Richie Sexson R
  • 137 Jay Payton R
  • 138 Bob Abreu R
  • 139 Ron Belliard R RC
  • 140 Wilton Guerrero B

Stars

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All eight Stars subset cards are Blue.

  • 141 Alex Rodriguez
  • 142 Juan Gonzalez
  • 143 Ken Caminiti
  • 144 Frank Thomas
  • 145 Ken Griffey, Jr.
  • 146 John Smoltz
  • 147 Mike Piazza
  • 148 Derek Jeter

Checklists

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Both Checklists cards are Red.

  • 149 Frank Thomas
  • 150 Ken Griffey, Jr.

Hi-Numbers

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NOTE: All Hi-Series base cards accidentally and erroneously had the words "Select Company" printed on them and were finished with an etched foil design. Fortunately, there is differentiation between Hi-Series base cards and Select Company parallel cards:

  • 151 Jose Cruz, Jr. RC
  • 152 Moises Alou
  • 153 Hideki Irabu RC
  • 154 Glendon Rusch
  • 155 Ron Coomer
  • 156 Jeremi Gonzalez RC
  • 157 Fernando Tatis RC
  • 158 John Olerud
  • 159 Rickey Henderson
  • 160 Shannon Stewart
  • 161 Kevin Polcovich RC
  • 162 Jose Rosado
  • 163 Ray Lankford
  • 164 Dave Justice
  • 165 Mark Kotsay RC
  • 166 Deivi Cruz RC
  • 167 Billy Wagner
  • 168 Jacob Cruz
  • 169 Matt Morris
  • 170 Brian Banks
  • 171 Brett Tomko
  • 172 Todd Helton
  • 173 Eric Young
  • 174 Bernie Williams
  • 175 Jeff Fassero
  • 176 Ryan McGuire
  • 177 Darryl Kile
  • 178 Kelvim Escobar RC
  • 179 Dave Nilsson
  • 180 Geronimo Berroa
  • 181 Livan Hernandez
  • 182 Tony Womack RC
  • 183 Deion Sanders
  • 184 Jeff Kent
  • 185 Brian Hunter
  • 186 Jose Malave
  • 187 Steve Woodard RC
  • 188 Brad Radke
  • 189 Todd Dunwoody
  • 190 Joey Hamilton
  • 191 Denny Neagle
  • 192 Bobby Jones
  • 193 Tony Clark
  • 194 Jaret Wright RC
  • 195 Matt Stairs
  • 196 Francisco Cordova
  • 197 Justin Thompson
  • 198 Pokey Reese
  • 199 Garrett Stephenson
  • 200 Carl Everett

Parallels

Select Company

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This 200-card set fully paralleled the Select base set (i.e., all Lo- and Hi-Series cards), with one card in each Hi-Series pack. Select Company cards feature a silver, "frosted" foil finish across the entire card front and retained the Red or Blue foil accents, depending on the card. Due to Select's error of printing all Hi-Series base cards with a "Select Company" stamp and different foil finish, confusing a base Hi-Series card (cards 151-200) with a Select company parallel is common. Fortunately, there is differentiation between Hi-Series base cards and Select Company parallel cards:

Registered Gold

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This 150-card set paralleled the entire Lo-Series set only and featured a "Registered Gold" foil stamp on the card front and a gold foil finish that replaced the silver foil finish of the base cards. All Registered Gold cards were available in both Lo- and Hi-Series packs, but Registered Gold cards for the 50 Hi-Series cards (i.e., cards exclusive to Series 2 packs) do not exist.

Artist's Proofs

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This 150-card set also paralleled the entire Lo-Series set only and featured an "Artist's Proof" foil stamp on the card front and a bronze foil finish that replaced the silver foil finish of the base cards. Like the Registered Gold parallels, all Artist's Proofs were available in both Lo and Hi-Series packs, but cards for the 50 Hi-Series cards do not exist.

Inserts

Tools of the Trade

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This 25-card set, available in both Lo and Hi-Series packs, matched 25 young players with 25 veteran stars on a double-fronted card - the side featuring veteran star featured a full red and silver-gradient foil finish with blue foil stamping while the side featuring the young player featured a non-foiled finish with the same design.

A "Mirror Blue" parallel was also available and featured a full blue and silver-gradient foil card stock with blue foil stamping on both sides of the card.

  • 1 Ken Griffey, Jr. / Andruw Jones
  • 2 Greg Maddux / Andy Pettitte
  • 3 Cal Ripken, Jr. / Chipper Jones
  • 4 Mike Piazza / Jason Kendall
  • 5 Albert Belle / Karim Garcia
  • 6 Mo Vaughn / Dmitri Young
  • 7 Juan Gonzalez / Vladimir Guerrero
  • 8 Tony Gwynn / Jermaine Dye
  • 9 Barry Bonds / Alex Ochoa
  • 10 Jeff Bagwell / Jason Giambi
  • 11 Darin Erstad / Kenny Lofton
  • 12 Manny Ramirez / Gary Sheffield
  • 13 Tim Salmon / Todd Hollandsworth
  • 14 Sammy Sosa / Ruben Rivera
  • 15 Paul Molitor / George Arias
  • 16 Jim Thome / Todd Walker
  • 17 Wade Boggs / Scott Rolen
  • 18 Ryne Sandberg / Chuck Knoblauch
  • 19 Mark McGwire / Frank Thomas
  • 20 Ivan Rodriguez / Charles Johnson
  • 21 Brian Jordan / Rusty Greer
  • 22 Roger Clemens / Troy Percival
  • 23 John Smoltz / Mike Mussina
  • 24 Alex Rodriguez / Rey Ordonez
  • 25 Derek Jeter / Nomar Garciaparra

Rookie Revolution

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This 20-card set, available in both Lo and Hi-Series packs, featured the top rookies on silver etched-foil cards. Each card was serial-numbered on the back; however, Pinnacle Brands never publicly announced the print run. Some collectors believe that cards serial-numbered 0001-1500 were inserted into Lo-Series packs, while 1501-2000 were seeded into the Hi-Series.

  • 1 Andruw Jones
  • 2 Derek Jeter
  • 3 Todd Hollandsworth
  • 4 Edgar Renteria
  • 5 Jason Kendall
  • 6 Rey Ordonez
  • 7 F.P. Santangelo
  • 8 Jermaine Dye
  • 9 Alex Ochoa
  • 10 Vladimir Guerrero
  • 11 Dmitri Young
  • 12 Todd Walker
  • 13 Scott Rolen
  • 14 Nomar Garciaparra
  • 15 Ruben Rivera
  • 16 Darin Erstad
  • 17 Todd Greene
  • 18 Mariano Rivera
  • 19 Trey Beamon
  • 20 Karim Garcia

Autographs & Game-Used

Rookie Autographs

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These four autographed cards were randomly inserted into Lo-Series packs. Each player signed 3000 copies, except Andruw Jones who signed 2500. None of the autographed cards are serial- or hand-numbered. All autographs were on standard base cards, but with with words "AUTHENTIC SIGNATURE" printed on the reverse side.

  • 101 Andruw Jones 2500
  • 103 Todd Walker 3000
  • 134 Jose Guillen 3000
  • 140 Wilton Guerrero 3000


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